Christopher: >In the theatre, fortunately - provided they've gone off stage as >directed before that last note - it's mercifully hard for Rodolfo and >Mimi to indulge in such bad, old gramophone recording habits without >getting totally out of sync with the band. Puccini, as ever, knew >precisely what he wanted, and what he was doing! Did not know that; my only two recordings have that note dragged out lonnngggg. And in this production, the singers were indeed off stage at that moment. Thanks for this good info. Mitch Friedfeld